General: Sumatra

Sunmatra,just like the rest of Indonesia, in essence is still comparatively safe for foreign tourists.This huge island has a good deal to offer the inveterate traveller including the delights of Lake Toba, interesting cities such as Medan and Padang, the very attractive hill town of Bukit Tinngi and the "new town" of Pekan Baru. The main snag about travelling within Sumatra is the road network. If,eg,you want to travel from Pekan Baru to Padang,you will find the road journey is a very lengthy one, the roads are narrow and it is dangerous to speed on some stretches. There are ,of course,air ... more

Welcome to Sumatra Sumatra, one of Republic Indonesia's big island, is a nice island to make jurney. The journey should be started from Medan (North Sumatra), Bukit Tinggi (West Sumatra), Jambi, Palembang and then Java, Bali, etc. I encourage you to start from Medan, the province capital city, because there are a lot of tourism spots in North Sumatra. Another most important reason is the only one international flight port in Sumatra is found in Medan. It is called Polonia. In Medan you can visit national museums. For night entertainment, you can visit pubs or discotheque. What are other ... more

Sumatra is huge, really huge. It is the sixth largest island in the world or more than twice as large as the the British Isles. It is also a little explored island of rainforest, volcanoes and wildlife beyond imagining. Here it is still possible to get off the map and voyage in a tropical land. Indonesia has had its problems in the past decade or so and in Aceh there had been a long-running insurrgency which has been settling down in the past few years with a peace agreement, greater autonomy for the area and both rebels and the government participating in regional elections. The FCO still ... more